May Gets A Second Sleeve
In the spirit of getting the second sleeve syndrome out of the way right at the beginning, I've now got both of May's sleeves complete. I thought I'd have the second one done before now, but Miss Z has decided that she's not all that interested in sleeping in the afternoon so a good chunk of knitting time has simply disappeared. Not that I'm complaining all that much. Better that she be active in the afternoon than at 2 in the morning -- which is what she was doing. Right now, at night, she's giving us two solid 4 hour blocks of snoozing -- which is enough for me to feel almost normal on most days.
Even with baby-related delays, this project seems to be coming together quickly for me. I like simple cable projects like this, because after you get the first interval set, you really don't need to haul around a pattern to keep going. So while the cabling slows me down a little bit, I don't have to constantly refer to a chart. Also making this an ideal project for working on when I think I might have a baby-related interruption, since it's not hard to figure out where I was when I pick it back up again.
The sleeves look great; I look forward to seeing the finished product. It sounds like you and baby are doing well. I hope she lets you sleep some more.
When my kids were small and they would get fussy, I would put them in a front pack, it often seemed to settle them. I would then go about what I was planning, be it chores,spinning with a dropspindle or embrodery, which was my handwork of choice in those days.
A baby with a sleep cycle that more closely matches the rest of the workd is a blessing. My daughter was great, slept through the night early (night being defined as 6 hours of darkness), my son on the other hand didn't.
I have just one suggestion for sleeves: knit both at the same time. It's so great to have them both done at once and they always match! My 'baby' will soon be 40 years old so it's been a while, but if she naps in the afternoon, you should too. Good for you!
Hi Theresa!! This is Daniela (married to Gene from IG?). Congratulations about your baby!! she is adorable!! I do some knitting also, that's how I found your blog. I love it by the way!
I do agree with Wendy in that knitting both sleeves at the same time is rewarding at the end, but sometimes I forget which one was first, and you end up knitting more rows on one... anyway.
Cheers!
The sweater is called Harvey Kimono from a book called Natural Knits for Babies and Moms by Louisa Harding. I learned a lot making this sweater and actually it was my second sweater the first attempt came out with mismatched parts but I learned you really need to understand the whole project before you start it. It is funny I've made a lot of wood working projects and have always used that philosophy of understanding how to make the pieces and how they fit together before I started but in a new craft I forgot the fundamental principles. But I get to see and hold my grand daughter tomorrow! Dad